Riley vs Malta

Who won Riley vs Malta?

Luke Riley beat Matheus Malta by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Cage Warriors 157, on Friday 21st July 2023 at Indigo At The O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Luke Riley.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Riley vs Malta stats

Luke Riley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Matheus Malta made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Riley had a massive power advantage over Malta, boasting at 100% knock out percentage over Malta's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Malta had a massive advantage over Riley, boosting at 50% submission rate over Riley's 0%.

Luke Riley was the younger man by 28 years, at years old.

Riley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 year and 2 months later than Malta, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 12 to Malta's 32.

Riley vs Malta form

Riley remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Kallum Parker at Cage Warriors 152 on 15th April 2023 by in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Karol Kutyla at Cage Warriors 146 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Bec Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beat Cheriff Larossi at Cage Warriors 142 on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at EBBW Vale Centre, Wales.

Before that, he had won against Jack Eglin at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

He had beat Yuki Angdembe at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at London, England.

Activity check

Riley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Riley vs Malta?

Luke Riley was a 2/13 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Matheus Malta made his way into the ring at 19/5 (+380) with oddsmakers.